Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

The God who rules on high

  • No. 87
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

The God who rules on high,
And all the earth surveys,
Who rides upon the stormy sky,
And calms the roaring seas,—

2

This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our Love;
He will send down his heavenly powers,
To carry us above.

3

There we shall see his face,
And never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of his grace
Drink endless pleasures in.

4

Yea, and before we rise
To that immortal state,
The thought of such amazing bliss
Should constant joys create.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «87», reference line «11, 236, 89.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 11, 236 or 89); stanza 1 at the foot of the left column of p. 32 below hymn 86, stanzas 2–4 at the top of the right column, «Isaac Watts.» in italics at the end. The first word «THE» is set in capitals and small capitals. Stanza 1 ends with a comma and an em dash («seas,—»), the sentence running on into stanza 2, as printed. «Love» in stanza 2 is capitalised, as printed. The print sets a thin space before «;» («Love ;», «sin ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Attributes and Providence of God · No. 87 · printed page 32
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30